The Phil is the highlight, for sure. At least in terms of the audience, so arranging the financing — not a given in these tough classical times — is important for the fest’s integrity.

The orchestra has been performing at Vail’s outdoor Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre since 2003, first under then-music director Lorin Maazel and currently under present music director Alan Gilbert.

The 2014 residency, the orchestra’s 12th, will take place from July 18-25. The program should be announced in the spring and tickets will go on sale shortly after.

2014 will also be the start of Bravo! Vail’s new partnership with Colorado Public Radio that will enable the station to broadcast six concerts live to listeners across the state. For the first time, CPR will broadcast performances by all three resident orchestras.

In his 12th season at the helm of the Boulder festival, Christie — whose contract has been extended to 2017 — has lined up an inventive progression of orchestral and chamber music, world music, jazz and family programs through Aug. 3.

First up was pianist Simone Dinnerstein, opening the festival on June 24 with an elegant, deeply-felt interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19.

That said, the nuanced musical minims that distinguish her exceptional construal of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Partitas were largely absent in her delivery of the concerto’s decidedly Romantic-era temperament.

Heard an intelligent and thoughtful interview about “The Man Who Quit Money” on Colorado Public Radio yesterday morning with Daniel Suelo, a native of Grand Junction who spent the last 12 years living happily without earning, receiving or spending any money.

Author Mark Sundeen was also on the show, so the two voices created an engaging conversation about money in modern society.

Suelo lives mostly in a cave near Moab, and loves sleeping out, though he sometimes will agree to housesitting.

Colorado Public Radio has upgraded and expanded its website -- cpr.org.

Colorado Public Radio has refurbished and relaunched its website, adding more content and working to make the internet platform more attractive and user-friendly.

The website — cpr.org — is the internet home of the statewide radio network, which offers both news (90.1 FM in Denver) and classical-music channels (88.1 FM in Denver).

Features of the upgraded website include:

— Media player for news and classical music
— One-click tools to share content via e-mail and social networks
— Enhanced search capabilities
— Ways to personalize use of the site.

The changes are based on what the network says was more than a year of gathering and studying listener opinions.

“It was conversation, in fact, that initially drove CPR’s website enhancement project and will continue to fuel its ongoing evolution,” Bob Schenkein, vice president of marketing, said in a press statement. “We really paid attention to the changes listeners wanted for cpr.org.”

Additional enhancements are expected to be added to the website in coming months.